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1A

Blue Gore Mountain, NY

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical187 ft
Length991 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesE
Top2,007 ft

1A drops 187 vertical feet over 991 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 81st steepest of 107 named runs at Gore Mountain. It faces east.

How well 1A holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 11°, 1A gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Gore Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th sunniest named run at Gore Mountain. Its top sits at 2,010 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

1A profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like 1A elsewhere

Nearby at Gore Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.